diff --git a/qemu/target-sparc/translate.c b/qemu/target-sparc/translate.c
index e1bbe0ab..8821544a 100644
--- a/qemu/target-sparc/translate.c
+++ b/qemu/target-sparc/translate.c
@@ -3069,7 +3069,7 @@ static void disas_sparc_insn(DisasContext * dc, unsigned int insn, bool hook_ins
                     tcg_gen_mov_tl(tcg_ctx, cpu_tmp0, tcg_ctx->cpu_ssr);
                     break;
                 case 31: // ver
-                    tcg_gen_mov_tl(tcg_ctx, cpu_tmp0, *(TCGv *)tcg_ctx->cpu_ver);
+                    tcg_gen_mov_tl(tcg_ctx, cpu_tmp0, tcg_ctx->cpu_ver);
                     break;
                 case 15: // fq
                 default:
@@ -5560,8 +5560,7 @@ void gen_intermediate_code_init(CPUSPARCState *env)
     tcg_ctx->cpu_ssr = tcg_global_mem_new(tcg_ctx, tcg_ctx->cpu_env,
             offsetof(CPUSPARCState, ssr), "ssr");
 
-    tcg_ctx->cpu_ver = g_malloc0(sizeof(TCGv));
-    *(TCGv *)tcg_ctx->cpu_ver = tcg_global_mem_new(tcg_ctx, tcg_ctx->cpu_env,
+    tcg_ctx->cpu_ver = tcg_global_mem_new(tcg_ctx, tcg_ctx->cpu_env,
             offsetof(CPUSPARCState, version), "ver");
 
     tcg_ctx->cpu_softint = tcg_global_mem_new_i32(tcg_ctx, tcg_ctx->cpu_env,
diff --git a/qemu/tcg/tcg.h b/qemu/tcg/tcg.h
index ba0ef542..db1fa4d1 100644
--- a/qemu/tcg/tcg.h
+++ b/qemu/tcg/tcg.h
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ struct TCGContext {
     TCGv cpu_htba;
     TCGv cpu_hver;
     TCGv cpu_ssr;
-    void *cpu_ver;
+    TCGv cpu_ver;
     void *cpu_wim;
 
     TCGLabel *exitreq_label;  // gen_tb_start()